NEW DELHI: Reigning men's national champion Velavan Senthilkumar and Veer Chotrani advanced in the Squash on Fire Open in Washington with hard-fought first-round wins in the PSA Bronze-level event.
World No. 46 Senthilkumar rallied to beat England's Tom Walsh 12-14, 11-8, 11-8, 11-6. He will meet Mexican world No. 11 Leonel Cardenas in the next round.
World No. 49 Chotrani edged out Hungary's Balazs Farkas 6-11, 9-11, 11-5, 11-9, 11-3, and will take on fourth seed Baptiste Masotti from France.
Women's national champion and seventh seed Anahat Singh received a first-round bye.